Subject: Mixed metaphors (Page 8)

In the words of Harry S. Truman: If it's too hot in the kitchen, stay away from the cook.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
Mixed metaphors TV/Movie Quotes

It’s up to them, the tide is in their court now.

English former football player & manager
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Samson, he takes the jawbone out of the grass and he kills the whole army of the Philippines.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
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Stirred the sea into a bowl of boiling cauldron

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You've got to take the bull between your teeth.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
Misspokements Mixed metaphors

We'll be there until the fat lady freezes over.

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I knew enough to realize that the alligators were in the swamp and that it was time to circle the wagons.

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We should get our foot in the door and get the ball rolling.

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You can beat a dead horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

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Get two birds stoned at once.

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Don't beat a dead horse in the mouth.

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I've been up and down so many times that I feel as if I'm in a revolving door.

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It's time to swallow the bullet.

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…a seething volcano, nine tenths submerged in the melting pot which one day will explode beneath our feet like a boomerang to engulf us all in a whirlwind of dragon's teeth. It will be too late to close the stable-door.

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It's six, or one and a half dozen of the other.

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I wasn't living under my parents' house anymore.

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She’s not the brightest bulb in the drawer.

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I can read him like an open can of worms.

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Don’t bite the hand that looks dirty.

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This snowball is coming down the mountain with a full head of steam.

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[a rock group’s] authenticity strikes a chord with fans.

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